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Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding

So like most of you (I bet), I listen to tons of music.  But there are just some albums I never learned to appreciate.  I hope this thread can serve as a teaching tool.  I did not get Mingus at first but now he is one of my favorites.

Perhaps ending each post with, "What am I missing?" would be a good idea.

I will start with Graceland by Paul Simon.  Most of my friends call me crazy (still after all these years...OUCH that was bad) but I never desire to listen to this record.  I get the African influence and rhythm but it just does not impress me.  Alternatively when Peter Gabriel did the African influence thing I found it stunningly good. Paul Simon as a musician impresses me in his other works.  What am I missing?

bancsee
curtdr
348 posts
 

I'm also not a big fan of Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town... yeah, a few great tracks but when I put it on I want to take it off before hearing the whole thing. 

I much prefer Born To Run and Wild, Innocent, E-street Shuffle albums, with Wild being my favorite.  Nebraska is great, too. 

And, more recently, The Rising is good, ... better than Darkness.

curtdr
348 posts
 

And as for Zappa... yeah, well... maybe I'm a turnip.  I do like some of his tracks but after a while ... 

I saw him in concert once and what a yawn fest.  People were getting up and just leaving early... I stuck it out to the end, but reluctantly, and on the way out my companion and I just shook our heads and rolled our eyes... 

 

grauerbar
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I'd agree that Graceland (1986) is a wonderful album, but when those self-appointed afficionados start telling you what a ground-breaking appropriation/discovery of Township rhythms it represents, have them listen to Malcolm McLaren's Duck Rock (1983).

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thepigdog
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There is so much good music I can't waste my time listening to Miles Davis, the Beach Boys, U2, REM, most of the 1980's and 90's, "bro country", and the list goes on. Probably a shorter list of things I like. Ain't music grand?

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